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> From: nalaka@tveap.org
> > Subject: [GKP] 2004 AIDS Film Festival in Bangkok, July 12-15
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> Dear GKP colleagues,
>
> Pasted below is our press release issued
> this weekend on 2004 AIDS Film Festival in Bangkok, Thailand. TVE Asia
> Pacific is a co-organiser of this global event.
>
> Please feel free to pass this press release on to your national and
> international contacts. More information is found at our website, at
> http://www.tveap.org/news/0407aff.htm
>
> With thanks and best wishes,
> Nalaka
>
>
>
> Moving images capture many faces of global pandemic
>
> Bangkok, 10 July 2004: Some of the world's best documentary films and
> television programmes on HIV/AIDS will be showcased at the 2004 AIDS Film
> Festival, to be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from July 12 to 15.
>
> Spread across three venues, and showcasing over 50 titles, the festival is
> a highlight of the Silabha Art and Cultural Programme of the XV
> International AIDS Conference (IAC 2004). It is co-organised by TVE Asia
> Pacific, a regional leader in using audio-visual media to raise awareness
> on sustainable development and social justice.
>
> The conference, being held in the Thai capital from July 11 to 16, will
> attract over 10,000 delegates from all over the world -- ranging from
> scientists and policy-makers to development workers and persons living
with
> HIV. It is the year's largest gathering on the global pandemic.
>
> The film festival aims to showcase the best ausio-visual content on
> HIV/AIDS, and to provide a powerful audio-visual context to the
scientific,
> economic, social and cultural aspects of HIV/AIDS being discussed at the
> conference.
>
> The festival will be formally opened by Hollywood actor and AIDS activist
> Richard Gere on July 12 evening at the Scala Cinema in Bangkok. The
opening
> will feature cultural performances by artists from Africa, Asia Pacific
and
> Europe.
>
> The gala evening will include the Asian premiere of A Closer Walk by
> Academy Award nominated director Robert Bilheimer. Described as the first
> to provide a definitive portrayal of humankind's confrontation with AIDS,
> it was among over 120 entries received from all geographical regions of
the
> world when the festival was announced in May.
>
> The overall selection represents a broad range of issues, themes, formats
> and perspectives. It includes a variety of genres: documentaries,
> docu-drama, current affairs programming, short television spots and
> entertainment formats -- animation, dramas and reality television.
>
> To reach out to the Bangkok public, selected films are also being screened
> at two city venues: the Goethe Institut and Lido cinema. Screenings will
> take place every evening at these venues, while at the IMPACT Convention
> Centre in Muang Thong Thani -- the conference venue -- screenings will
> start at 1 p.m. and continue into the evening every day from July 12 to
15.
> The screening schedule is available at TVE Asia Pacific website:
> http://www.tveap.org/news/0407aff%20sched.htm.
>
> All films will be in English, with productions originally made in other
> languages having English sub-titles or voice-overs. The line-up includes
> productions made for broadcast television as well as educational and
> informational films made for educational, activist and advocacy purposes.
>
> The film festival is a collaboration with Apex International Entertainment
> Company of Thailand and the Goethe Institut of Bangkok. It is supported by
> Canon Thailand, Novib - Oxfam Netherlands, United Nations Children's Fund
> (UNICEF) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and
the
> Pacific (UN-ESCAP).
>
> "Films at this festival capture the kaleidoscope of emotions, challenges
> and contradictions presented by the AIDS pandemic," says Nalaka
> Gunawardene, head of TVE Asia Pacific. "Television and film professionals
> everywhere are covering HIV as a major development concern of our times.
> They want to be part of the global search for responses and coping
strategies."
>
> TVE Asia Pacific hopes that the festival will promote the strategic use of
> television, video and film as effective means of raising awareness and
> understanding on HIV/AIDS. The conference theme this year is Access for
> All, reflecting the need for all groups to have access to all resources
> that have been developed after 20 years of coping with HIV/AIDS.
>
> The film festival was open to audio-visual creations produced in
> television, video, cinema or digital media, in any educational or
> entertainment format. The only requirement was that these productions had,
> as a central theme, any aspect of HIV/AIDS. Short-listing and selection of
> films took place during early and mid June 2004 by TVE Asia Pacific's team
> in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the IAC 2004 Cultural Programme team in
Bangkok.
> Television and film professionals as well as development journalists were
> involved in the process.
>
>
> Background:
>
> The XV International AIDS Conference is organised by the International
AIDS
> Society, in partnership with the Thai Ministry of Public Health. The
> conference theme is Access for All, reflecting the need for all groups to
> have access to all resources that have been developed after 20 years of
> coping with HIV/AIDS. The XV International AIDS Conference links community
> and science to galvanise the world's response to HIV/AIDS through
increased
> commitment, leadership and accountability. For more information:
> www.aids2004.org
>
> TVE Asia Pacific is a not-for-profit media organisation working throughout
> the Asia Pacific. It uses television, video and new media to raise
> awareness on sustainable development and social justice issues. Governed
by
> an international board of directors and coordinated by an office in
> Colombo, Sri Lanka, it implements programme activities in East Asia, South
> Asia, South Pacific and Southeast Asia. Working with national partner
> organisations, TVE Asia Pacific: produces and distributes TV and online
> content; trains TV professionals; consults on communications strategies;
> and networks with governments, civil society and educational institutions.
> www.tveap.org
>
> For more information or interviews with film-makers present on site,
please
> contact TVE Asia Pacific team at IMPACT July 11-15 inclusive on Bangkok
> mobile phone Nos:
> Manori Wijesekera: 07 092 4488; Daniel Enger: 04 702 6680
> More information is available online at:
http://www.tveap.org/news/0407aff.htm
> Queries may also be directed to: <aidsfilm@tveap.org>
>
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